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Investment strategy

Investment strategy

Sticky bubble gum

Equity markets are grinding higher, but are they approaching bubble territory?  
By Emiel van den Heiligenberg

Investment strategy

Waiting for pensions’ industrial revolution

In the third of our blogs on retirement choices in 2021, we explain why pension providers need to make understanding their members’ business, their business.  ;
By SuAnn Song

Investment strategy

Cycle kilter, qu’est-ce que c’est?

With the US having emerged from its pandemic-induced recession in record time, we review our scenario planning to gauge whether the typical economic cycle has been knocked out of kilter and assess the likely implications for US equities and government debt.  ;
By Josh Logan

Investment strategy

Skin in the game: does it matter?

In April, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) took a bold step: mandating that key employees of asset managers invest about 20% of their salary in the schemes they run or oversee. A direct order to fund managers to have skin in the game!  ;
By Emiel van den Heiligenberg

Investment strategy

Are annuities good value for money?

Some people presume that annuities offer bad value for money, but is this really true? In this blog, we investigate what it really takes to beat an annuity.  ;
By John Southall

Investment strategy

Delta Force

We explore the market implications of the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19.  ;
By John Roe

Investment strategy

Factor in risk

Risk is an elusive concept as most dangers don’t materialise. As a risk manager, I’m always looking for new ways to better define and measure risk, constantly on the lookout for underappreciated threats to try to make sure we’re not sleepwalking into the next crisis. This blog introduces one of our cornerstone approaches for understanding portfolio risk.  ;
By Simone Nascimento

Investment strategy

Data Minecraft

In this instalment of our series on alternative risk premia, we look at data mining and what it means for investors.  
By Tim Armitage

Investment strategy

Our ARP philosophy: simple, liquid, transparent and diversifying

If you’re looking to harvest an alternative risk premium (ARP), we believe you need to make sure you understand that risk and access it without undue cost.  
By Willem Klijnstra

Investment strategy

ARP report card: Assessing diversification and performance

We grade alternative risk premia (ARPs) as successful for diversification, but in performance terms they could do better.  ;
By Christopher Teschmacher

Investment strategy

Cheering for Croatia

Putting football rivalries aside, we think Croatia has a lot going for it.  ;
By John Roe

Investment strategy

There Is No Alternative…or is there?

FOMO (fear of missing out) has been joined by TINA (there is no alternative) in the equity bulls’ lexicon. In this new series of blogs, we explore whether alternative risk premia can offer investors that desired alternative.  ;
By Christopher Teschmacher

Investment strategy

It’s all about the data

Data analysis has transformed the worlds of sports and investments alike. It is crucial in managing an investment process and team, to understand our strengths and weaknesses and to evolve and improve over time.  ;
By Emiel van den Heiligenberg

Investment strategy

Mortality: deal or no deal? It depends if you’re a couple

What is ‘mortality drag’ and what does it mean for pensions and retirement?  ;
By John Southall

Investment strategy

Crypto wobbles

Could a crash in cryptocurrencies become a systemic risk?  ;
By Emiel van den Heiligenberg

Investment strategy

DB scheme health: getting better?

Our latest health tracker reveals a fourth consecutive quarter of improvement for the UK’s defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.  ;
By John Southall

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